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Writing to Music: WINTER LIGHT playlist
Buy NOW! Mary Donahue, the 15-year-old protagonist of my novel, WINTER LIGHT, which takes place in 1978-79 Chicago, listens to a lot of...

marthaengber
Nov 11, 20241 min read


Book Review: "Disconnected"
By Eleanor Vincent Reading Eleanor Vincent’s just-released memoir DISCONNECTED: PORTRAIT OF A NEURODIVERSE MARRIAGE , about navigating...

marthaengber
Nov 9, 20242 min read


Ground News: Helps Discern Media Bias
When I went to journalism school, the maxim was, “Question everything.” I still follow that rule, not only when writing, but when reading...

marthaengber
Nov 8, 20241 min read


"I Grieve"
A fan of poetry, I wanted to feature the work of Ogbonna Osita Daniel , a young poet who lives in Nigeria and writes under the psyeudonym...

marthaengber
Nov 6, 20242 min read


Tis the Season to Read Poe's THE RAVEN!
Every time I go to the coast, I see these dudes sitting in this almost-dead tree, staring out at the ocean. They’re cormorants, but their...

marthaengber
Nov 1, 20245 min read


Taking Responsibility for Our Happiness
Buy NOW! It’s easy to blame others. It’s harder to look at what went wrong and find ways to repair the damage and move on. The former...

marthaengber
Oct 31, 20241 min read


New Flash Memoir by Jen Lang
I had the pleasure of attending a book talk here in CA where Jen Lang (left) spoke beautifully about her newest flash memoir, LANDED: A...

marthaengber
Oct 29, 20242 min read


Extreme Weather: THE WIND THIEF
Buy NOW! This is a photo of a “supercell” from the Wikipedia page about a particularly rare and deadly “rotating thunderstorm”...

marthaengber
Oct 28, 20241 min read


2-Book Giveaway to Celebrate 2nd B-Day of "Winter Light"
Buy NOW! I'm giving away 2 FREE COPIES to 2 READERS on the 2ND BIRTHDAY of WINTER LIGHT ! If you haven’t yet read the book yet and...

marthaengber
Oct 21, 20241 min read


5 Indigenous Colorado Authors
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! I’m here in Colorado this week to celebrate my birthday with my sisters and their husbands. What better...

marthaengber
Oct 14, 20241 min read


Roz Morris Interview of Alycia Vreeland
I love helping other authors, so by forwarding a Roz Morris interview with artist and author Alycia Vreeland (her illustration...

marthaengber
Oct 9, 20241 min read


Happy Birthday, Happy Family
Happy birthday to my oldest sister, Dee (middle)! I say “oldest,” but there’s only 3 years difference between us, with my sister, Sue...

marthaengber
Oct 7, 20241 min read


THE FALCON on "Recommended Reads" List!
Thanks to Women Writers, Women’s Books for including THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD on its “Recommended Reads” list for...

marthaengber
Oct 1, 20241 min read


Book Review: "Landed: A Yogi's Memoir in Pieces and Poses"
by Jennifer Lang I love yoga, I love stories of the heart and I love hearing about the fascinating, yet complicated paths people take to...

marthaengber
Sep 29, 20242 min read


Save the Date: Historical Novel Book Giveaway Dec. 7
Thank you to Leslie K. Simmons , author of RED CLAY, RUNNING WATER and co-admin of the American Historical Novels FB page (along with...

marthaengber
Sep 20, 20241 min read


Book Review: "The Sister Knot"
by Ann S. Epstein As a reader with both biological and chosen sisters, I’m a sucker for stories about sisterhood. But what I didn’t...

marthaengber
Sep 17, 20242 min read


Literature That Transports Readers
Buy NOW! When I first began writing THE WIND THIEF , I didn’t have the means or time to visit Morocco , where much of the story about...

marthaengber
Sep 16, 20241 min read


THE FALCON: Happy Book Birthday!
Buy NOW! Happy 1st book birthday Happy 1st book birthday THE FALCON, THE WOLF AND THE HUMMINGBIRD ! Since publication by Histria Books ...

marthaengber
Sep 10, 20241 min read


Article Published by Women Writers, Women's Books
Thanks Women Writers, Women's Books for publishing my article, Strong Female Authors and Characters: They Can’t Ban Us All! This is an...

marthaengber
Sep 3, 20241 min read


Stanford Neurodiversity Summit 2024
Register NOW! This is exactly what my BLISS ROAD neurodiverse family needed back in the 1970s! Stanford University Neurodiversity...

marthaengber
Aug 28, 20241 min read
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